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World Cinema 2018

3 Faces / Se rokh

Director : Jafar Panahi / Iran/2018/color/100 min/Persian, Azeri
Awards/Festivals
Cannes Film Festival
SynopsisWell known actress Behnaz Jafari is left distraught when she comes across a provincial girl's video plea for help after her family prevents her from taking up her studies at the Tehran drama conservatory. Behnaz abandons her shoot and turns to filmmaker Jafar Panahi to help with the young girl's troubles.They travel by car to the rural northwest where they encounter with the charming and generous folk from the mountain village where the girl resides.Crew
Director and Producer Jafar Panahi
Screenplay Jafar Panahi and Nader Saeivar DoP Amin Jafari
Edited Mastaneh Mohajer, Panah panahi
Cast
Behnaz Jafari,Jafar Panahi, Marziyeh Rezaei, Maedeh Erteghaei
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTwB4dVxZ-M

Director : ÁLVARO BRECHNER / 122 min / Uruguay | Argentina | Spain / Spanish / 2018
Awards/ Festivals
Berlin International Film Festival, Biarritz IngernationalFestival of Latin American Cinema, International Antalya Film Festival, International Crime and Punishment Film Festival, San Sebastian International Film Festival, Venice Film Festival
Synopsis
In a secret mlitary operation, three Tuparmaro prisoners are being taken from their cells in Uruguay. For the next twelve years they have to remain in solitary confinement. They spend most of the time wearing hoods over their heads. One among the prisoners is Pepe Mujica, who later became the President of Uruguay.
Crew
Director Álvaro Brechner
Producer Mariela Besuievsky, Birgit Kemner, Fernando Sokolowicz, Vanessa Ragone
DoP Carlos Catalan
Editor Irene Blecua, Nacho Ruiz Capillas
Music Federico Jusid, Silvia Pérez Cruz Cast
Antonio de la Torre, Chino Darín, Alfonso Tort, César Troncoso, Soledad Villamil, Silvia Pérez Cruz, Mirella Pascual, Nidia Telles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y97o1phiyRY

Aga

Director : Milko Lazarov / 96 min / Bulgaria | Germany | France / 2018/ Colour/ Sakha (Yakutian)
Awards/ Festivals
Cabourg Romantic Film Festival, Eurasian International Film Festival, Free zone Film Festival, Golden Rose Bulgarian Feature Film Festival, International Cinematograhers’ Film Festival Manaki Brothers, Jerusalem Film Festival, Sarajevo Film Festival, Sydney Film Festival, Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Valladolid International Film Festival
Synopsis
Nanook and Sedna lead a self-sufficient life in a tundra. Their daughter leaves them for a better living away from the tundra after she refuses to follow the traditional ways of living. They notice that spring is coming earlier than usual and ice fishing is no longer bountiful. Chena is the only one who visits them bringing them wood and fuel, along with the news of their daughter Aga. The severe changes in the climate force them to seek out their daughter.
Crew
Director Milko Lazarov
Screenplay Simeon Ventsislavov Milko Lazarov
Producer Veselka Kiryakova
DoP Kaloyan Bozhilov
Editor Veselka Kiryakova
Music Penka Kouneva
Sound Design Sebastian Schmidt Cast
Mikhail Aprosimov, Feodosia Ivanova, Sergai Egorov.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sNP9laRXts

All The Gods In The Sky / Tous les dieux du ciel

Director : Quarxx / France/2018/Colour/102'/French
Awards/Festivals
Catalonian International Film Festival
Synopsis
Simon, a factory worker lives a solitary existence inside a dilapidated farm located in a remote countryside in France. Estelle, his sister is severely disabled after a childhood game went wrong and a guilt ridden Simon devotes his time caring her. He then finds a way to escape from their sufferings and the corporeal cage they are confined to.
Crew
Director and Screenplay Quarxx
Producer Vincent Brancon, Francois Cognard
DoP Antoine Carpentier
Editor Quarxx
Sound Design Julien Perez, Kevin Simon Cast
Jean-luc Couchard, Melanie Gaydos, Zelie Rixhon, Thierry Fremont.

Director : Zhangke Jia / China, France, Japan/2018/Colour/137'/Mandarin
Awards/Festivals
Cannes Film Festival
Synopsis
Initially set in the jianghu-criminal underworld-setting ‘Ash is Purest White’ is less a gangster movie than a melodrama. In an industrial city in China, a young dancer named Qiao falls in love with a mobster named Bin. When a fight breaks out between rival gangs, Qiao uses a gun to protect Bin and is sent to prison for five years.
Crew
Director and Screenplay Zhangke Jia
Producer Shôzô Ichiyama, Nathanaël Karmitz
DoP Giong Lim
Editor Matthieu Laclau
Music Giong Lim
Sound Design Nikolas Javelle, Gwennolé Le Borgne Cast
Tao Zhao, Fan Liao, Yi'nan Diao
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt5BGibtb3I

Director : Christopher Makoto Yogi / USA/2018/Colour/75’/English
Awards/Festivals
International Film Festival Rotterdam
Synopsis
Musician Alex sets off to an island to find his ancestral home with only childhood memories as navigational system. As he fails to find his home, he reaches a retreat run by a Buddhist woman, Akiko, where he decides to stay for a while. Over a course of few weeks, they share a special bond out of music and therapeutic techniques.
Crew
Director and Screenplay Christopher Makoto Yogi
Producer Chris Choi, Cris clatter, Sarah S Kim, Vince Keala Lucero, James Sereno, Joshua Strickland
DoP Jose Asuncion, Eunsoo Cho
Ediotr Christopher Makoto Yogi
Music Alex Zhang Hungtai Cast
Alex Zhang Hungtai, Akiko Masuda, KinukoArakaki, Phoenix Yamashiro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5t_AdsQp2w

Director : Cristina Gallego, Ciro Guerra / Colombia, Denmark, Mexico/2018/Colour/125’/Spanish, Wayuu, English
Awards/Festivals
Cannes Film Festival
Synopsis
Raphayet and Moises, both hailing from the indigenous Wayuu family in northern Colombia, grows a steady business by selling marijuana to American youth. That doesn’t seem to be an issue for Ursula, the local matriarch of the family, until Moises goes rogue in the middle of a deal. A fratricidal war breaks out and put their lives, culture and traditions at the verge of cessation.
Crew
Director CristinsaGallego, Ciro Guerra
Screenplay Maria Camila Arias, Jacques Toulemonde
Producer KatrinPors, Cristina GallegoDoP David Gallego
Editor Miguel Schverdfinger
Music Leonardo Heiblum Cast
Natalia Reyes, Carmina Martinez, Jose Acosta, John Narvaez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cbzb4pXZT0

Director : Pawel Pawlikowski / Poland, France, United Kingdom/2018/Color/88’/Polish
Awards/Festivals
Cannes Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival
Synopsis
A passionate love story between two people of different backgrounds and temperaments, who are fatefully mismatched and yet condemned to each other. Set against the background of the cold war in the 1950s in Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia and Paris, the film depicts an impossible love story in impossible times.
Crew
Direction Pawel Pawlikowski
Screenplay Janusz Glowacki, Pawel Pawlikowski
Producer Ewa Puszczynska, Tanya Seghatchian
DoP Lukasz Zal,
Editor Jaroslaw Kaminski,
Music Marcin Masecki Cast
Joanna Kulig,Tomasz Kot,Tomas Kot ,Agata Kulesza
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvPkDdFeTk8

Core of the world / Serdtse mira

Director : Natalya Meshchaninova / Russia, Lithuania, Ireland, France/2018/Colour/127’/Russian
Synopsis
Egor, a veteran dogtrainer, lives in a small building next to the house of the master of a facility training centre. He cleans the kennels, treats the dogs and it is easier for him to get along with the dogs than with people. Egor is ready to do any job for the master but he wants the impossible – to become the member of the family.
Crew
Director NataliyaMeshchaninova
Screenplay NataliyaMeshchaninova,Boris Khlebniko, StepanDevonin
Producer Natalya Drozd, Sergey Selyanov
DoPEvgeniyTsvetkov
Editor Dasha Danilova Cast
StepanDevonin, DmitriyPodnozov, Yana Sekste, Ekaterina Vasiljeva

Crystal Swan / Khrustal

Director : Darya Zhuk / Belarus, USA, Germany, Russia/2018/colour/ 95’ / Russian
Awards/ Festivals
Bergen International FF, Karlovy Vary International FF, Odessa International Film Fetsival
Synopsis
A young DJ from Belarus dreams of getting to US for her career. She forges the visa application form, but a typo in the phone number lands her in trouble. She lands in a small village of Crystal and waits for the call from embassy.
Crew
Director Darya Zhuk
Screenplay Helga Landauer, Darya Zhuk
Producers Valery Dmitrotchenko, Birgit Gernbock, Olga Goister, Debbie Vandermeulen
DoP Carolina Costa Editor Nicholas Metcalf
Music Andreas Lucas Cast Alina Nasibullina, Ivan Mulin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eav__UGDdQ

Diane

Director : Kent Jones / USA/2018/Colour/95’/English
Awards/Festivals
Locarno International Film Festival
Synopsis
Diane is a widow who now spends most of her time taking care of the people in her life and doing whatever she can to ease their burden .She fills her days helping others and desperately attempting to bond with her drug-addicted son. As these pieces of her existence begin to fade, she finds herself confronting memories she'd sooner forget than face.
Crew
Director and Screenplay Kent Jones
Producer Luca Borghese, Ben Howe, Caroline Kaplan, Oren Moverman
DoP Wyatt Garfield
Editor Mike Selemon
Music Jeremiah BornfieldCast
Mary Kay Place, Jake Lacy, Estelle Parsons, Andrea Martin

Die Tomorrow

Director : Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit / Thailand / 2017 / Colour / 75’ / Thai
Awards/Festivals
Berlin International Film Festival, Hong Kong International, Singapore International Festival of Arts
Synopsis
Death often comes unexpectedly - what happens the day before is usually ordinary. In Bangkok, 6 people are going to die tomorrow. They don't have any clue of their fate. Told in a documentary essay style, the film explores the conversation of people on their last day on earth.
Crew
Director and Screenplay Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit
Producer Donsaron Kovitvanitcha, Pacharin Surawatanapongs
DOP Niramon Ross
Editor Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit , Chonlasit Upanigkit Cast
Sunny Suwanmethanont, Patcha Poonpiriya, Sirat Intarachote
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYjUSGU9GYw

Awards/Festivals
Silver Bear Berlin International Film Festival
Director : Aleksey German / Paraguay, Germany, Uruguay, Brazil, Norway/2018/Colour/126’/Russian,Spanish,Finnish
Director Aleksey German Screenplay Aleksey German and Yulia Tupikina Producer Dariusz Jablonski, Violetta Kaminska, Miroslav Mogorovich, Isabella Wojcik DoP Lucasz Zal Editor Daria Gladysheva, Segey Ivanov Cast Milan Maric, Danila Kozlovsky, Helena Sujecka, Artur BeschastnyIn 1971 Leningrad, Russian-Jewish Sergei Dovlatov is a young writer whose manuscripts are routinely rejected by the official media, while other writers have been forced into exile for their views. Sergei wants to stay in the country with his family and write about the reality he sees, in spite of the fact that his texts will not be published under the Brezhnev regime.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0rfXj9nfXE

Dressage

Awards/Festivals
Berlin International FF, Shanghai International FF
Director : Pooya Badkoobeh / Iran/2018/Colour/95’/Iranian
Director PooyaBadkoobeh Screenplay Hamid Rajabi Producer RouhollahBaradari, Samira BaradariDoPAshkanAshkani Editor SepidehAbdolvahab Music ShahabParanj Cast NegarMoghaddam, YasnaMirtahmasb, Ali Mostaffa, ShabnamMoghadamiGolsa, an alienated teen from a middle-class family in Tehran, goes on a thrill-seeking game with her privileged and amoral friends. Out of boredom they decide to rob a grocery store in the suburbs of Karaj. After doing so, they forget to remove the security camera footage from the crime scene which could incriminate them. Golsa sets off to retrieve the camera and hides it in the dressage stable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m_SPROaHIs

Foxtrot

Awards/Festivals
Venice IFF, Asia Pacific Screen Awards,
Athens IFF, European Film Awards
Director : Samuel Maoz / Israel,Switzerland,Germany,France/2018/Colour/108’/German,Hebrew,Arabic
Director and Screenplay Samuel Maoz Producer Eitan Mansuri DoP Giora Bejach Editor Arik Lahav Leibovich,Guy Nemesh Music Ophir Leibovitch,Amit Poznanky Cast Lior Ashkenazi,Sarah AdlerMichael and Dafna Feldmann, an affluent Tel Aviv couple, learn that their son, Jonathan, a soldier, has died in the line of duty. The Israeli military authorities refuse to inform the distraught parents where and how Jonathan died, or if his body had been recovered. Several hours later, they are notified almost matter-of-factly that there has been a mix-up, and that it was some other Jonathan Feldman who has been killed. An angry Michael demands that the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) allow Jonathan to return home.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrBEDEmUceM

Genesis / Genèse

Director : Philippe Lesange /Canada/2018/Colour/129’/French
Awards/Festivals
Locarno International Film Festival
Montreal Festival of New Cinema
Director and Screenplay Philippe Lesange Producer Galilé Marion-GauvinDoP Nicolas Canniccironi Editor Mathieu Bouchard-Malo Sound Design Philippe Lavigne Cast Noée Abita, Paul Ahmarani, Marc Beaupré, Emilie BierreGuillaume goes to a boarding school for boys where he is secretly in love with his best friend Nicolas, his first love. Charlotte is a stage further ahead in her life, as she is in her first serious relationship. In an enchanting summer camp, Felix is in love with Beatrice. At a time when others are conforming, they stand their ground and assert their right to love and be free.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8jT49PoasA

Girls Always Happy / Rou qing shi

Director : Yang Mingming / 117 min / China/2018/Colour/117’/Chinese
Awards/Festivals
Berlin International Flim Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival, Edinburgh Film Festival
Director and Screenplay Yang Mingming Producer Yang Chao DoPShenXiaomin Editor Yang Mingming Sound Design Fang Tao Cast NaiAn, Yang Mingming, Zhang Xianmin, Li QinqinWu, a screenwriter and her mother have many things in common even though they’d never like to admit. They both are seemingly accustomed to discontent and disappointment in both personal and professional fronts. They share close bonds where emotional outbursts are momentary that are followed mostly by resounding comfort.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7oKR_TLYm4

Director : Claire Denis / Germany, France, UK, Poland, USA/2018/Colour/110’/English
Awards/Festivals
Toronto International FF
FIPRESCI Prize-San Sebastian International FF
Director Claire Denis Screenplay Claire Denis, Jean-Pol Fargeau, Geoff Cox, Nick Laird Producer Pandora Film Productions, Alcatraz Films, The Apocalypse Film Company, Madants DOP Yorick Le Saux, Tomasz NaumiukEditorGuy LecorneCast Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, André BenjaminDeep space. Monte and his daughter Willow live together aboard a spacecraft, in complete isolation. A man whose strict self-discipline is a shield against desire, Monte fathered her against his will. His sperm was used to inseminate the young woman who gave birth to her. They were members of a crew of prisoners – death row inmates. Guinea pigs sent on a mission. Now only Monte and Willow remain. Through his daughter, he experiences the birth of an all-powerful love. Together, father and daughter approach their destination – the black hole in which time and space cease to exist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WI49OA3BjU

Horizon / Horizonti

Director : Tinatin Kajrishvili / Georgia, Sweden/2018/Colour/105’/Georgian
Awards/Festivals
Berlin International Flim Festival
Director TinatinKajrishvili Screenplay David Chubinishvili Producer LashaKhavashi, David HerdiesDoP and Editor IrakliAkhalkatsi Music George Khalvashi sound Design Ted Krotkiewski, Thomas Jaeger Cast George Bochoroshvili, IaSukhiltashvili, JanoIzoria, SosoGogochaishviliA married couple, Giorgi and Ana seeks estrangement from the wedlock and separates without attracting the attention of others. The post-separation life seems gloomy and endless which Giorgi couldn’t get used to. He isolates himself from outside world due to the devastating feeling of rejection from his lover. The end turns out to be unexpected for both of them, leaving Ana in rue and void.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCIiR5qJXmA

Hotel by the River

Director : Sang-soo Hong / South Korea/2018/Black and White/96’/ Korean
Director Screenplay and Producer Sang-soo HongDOP Hyung-ku Kim Editor Son Yeon-jiCast Ki Joo-bong, Kim Min-hee, Song Seon-mi, Kwon Hae-hyo, Yu Jun-sangA poet invites his sons to join him at a hotel for a reunion. The hotel also hosts a newly single woman and her friend. The poet is drawn to the beautiful girls and cannot resist the temptation to discover more. Their lives intersect, connect and disconnect and potentially become a metaphor for modern life.

House of My Fathers

Awards/Festivals
Hamburg Film Festival
Director : Suba Sivakumaran / Sri Lanka, UK/2018/Colour/100'/ Tamil, Sinhalese
Director, Screenplay and Producer Suba Sivakumaran DoP Kalinga Deshapriya Vithanage Editor Nse Asuquo Music Forest Christenson Sound Design Phil Lee Cast Steve De La Zilwa, Dharshan Dharmaraj, Bimal JayakodiTwo Sri Lankan villages - one Tamil and other Sinhala, have been at war with each other for decades. When, on both sides, villagers become infertile, they receive a message from the gods. A Sinhala man and a Tamil woman are to be sent to an isolated place where they will find the secret to renew life. But only one of them will return. In the Forest of the Dead, Asoka and Ahalya will have to confront the secrets of their villages and their personal pasts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4Erbb0KBNM

Human, Space, Time And Human / Inkan, gongkan, sikan grigo inkan

Awards/Festivals
Berlin International Film Festival
Director : Kim Ki-duk / South Korea/2018/ Colour/ 122’/Korean
Director, Screenplay, Producer, & Editor Kim Ki-duk DOP Lee Jeong-in Cast Mina Fujii, Jang Keun-suk , Ahn Sung-ki , Lee Sung-jaePeople from all sorts of backgrounds set sail on a warship. They get drunk on alcohol, drugs and sex. Later, everyone grows tired and falls asleep, while the ship enters an unknown space enveloped in fog. In the morning, the people wake up to find the ship floating in the air.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQEp1Q-7OmM

I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians / Îmi este indiferent daca în istorie vom intra ca barbari

Awards/Festivals
Toronto IFF, Hamburg FF, Crystal Globe, Label Europa Cinemas, Karlovy Vary IFF, Bergen IFF
Director : Radu Jude / Romania, Germany, Bulgaria, France, Czech Republic/2018/ Color/140’/Romanian
Director and Screenplay Radu Jude Producer Ada Solomon DOP Marius Panduru Editor Catalin Cristutiu Editing Catalin Cristutiu Cast Ioana Iacob, Alex Bogdan, Alexandru DabijaA young artist is planning to reconstruct a historical event from 1941, during which the Romanian Administration Army carried out an ethnic massacre on the Eastern Front. She will soon come up against unexpected, ridiculous difficulties, as both the actors in the show and the representatives of the town have rather strong opinions not only about what happened in reality but also about how that reality should be staged and presented to the masses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VJSRtrhdTg

In the Aisles / In den Gängen

Awards/Festivals
Berlin International Film Festival
Director : Thomas Stuber / Germany/2018/Colour/125’/German
Director Thomas Stuber Screenplay Thomas Stuber and Clemens Meyer Producer Jochen Laube, Fabian Maubach DoP Peter Matjasko Editor Kaya Inan Cast Sandra Hüller,Peter Kurth, Franz Rogowski, Henning Peker Cast Franz Rogowski, Peter Kurth, Sandra HüllerAfter the shy and reclusive Christian loses his job, he starts to work for a wholesale market. Bruno from the Beverage aisle takes him under his wing and quickly becomes a fatherly friend to him. He shows him the ropes and patiently teaches him how to operate the forklift. In the aisles he meets "Sweets"-Marion. He is instantly smitten by her mysterious charm. The coffee machine becomes their regular meeting point and the two start to get to know each other. Though Marion is married his feelings for her remains strong.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFmtr-2xfrU

Jumpman / Podbrosy

Director : Ivan I. Tverdovskiy / Russia/2018/Colour/95’/ Russian
Director, Screenplay and Editor Ivan I. Tverdovsky Producer Natalya Mokritskaya DoP Denis Alarcon Ramirez Cast Anna Slyusareva, Pavel Chinaryov, Vilma Kutaviciute, Danil SteklovYoung Oksana puts her newly born baby in a baby box. Sixteen years later she steals him from a children’s home, intent on making amends for her maternal neglect, and uses him to earn money in a corrupt legal system

Knife + Heart / Un couteau dans le coeur

Awards/Festivals
Cannes Film Festival
Director : Yann Gonzalez / France, Mexico, Switzerland/2018/Colour/110’/French
Director Yann Gonzalez Screenplay Yann Gonzalez, Cristiano Mangione Producer Charles Gillibert DoP Simon Beaufils Editor Raphaël Lefèvre Music M83 Sound Design Jean-Barthelemy Cast Vanessa Paradis, Kate Moran, Nicolas Maury, Jonathan GenetIn 1979, Anne, a producer of gay porn, sets out to make her most ambitious film. But her effort goes futile when her actors are picked off, one by one, by a mysterious killer. As the murders go on and the police prove ineffectual, Anne sets a trap for the killer by arranging a casting call for her next film.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaN6pDGjDmo

Lemonade

Awards/Festivals
Berlin International Film Festival
Director : Ioana Uricaru /Romania, Canada, Germany, Swweden/2018/Colour/88’/English
Director Ioana Uricaru Screenplay Ioana Uricaru, Tatiana Ionascu Producer: Cristian Mungiu, Eike Goreczka, Christoph Kukula, Yanick Létourneau, sean Wheelan DoP Friede Clausz Editor Mircea Olteanu Music Olivier Alary Sound Design Kai Tebbel Cast Mãlina Manovici, Dylan smith, Steve Bacic, Milan HurducMara, a 30 year old Romanian woman who works as a caretaker in US on a temporary visa, marries Daniel, an American; just before Mara’s visa expire. Her son Dragos arrives at US and everything is perfect until she applies for a green card. Mara then faces many abuses on each level of the power hierarchy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GEg1Oi3Ems

Manta Ray / Kraben rahu

Awards/Festivals
Toronto International Film Festival, Venice Horizons Award Venice Film Festival, Golden Gateway Award Mumbai Film Festival, San Sebastian International Film Festival, Stockholm Film Festival, Thessaloniki Film Festival
Director : Phuttiphong Aroonpheng / Thailand, France, China/2018/ Colour/ 105’/Thai
Director Puttiphong Aroonpheng Producer Mai Meksawan, Jakrawal Nilthamrong, Chatchai Chaiyon, Philippe Avril | DoP Nawarophaat Rungphiboonsophit | Editing Lee Chatameitikool, Harin Paesongthai | Music Christine Ott, Mathieu Gabry | Cast Wanlop Rungkamjad, Aphisit Hama, Rasmee WayranaNear a coastal village of Thailand, by the sea where thousands of Rohingya refugees have drowned, a local fisherman finds an injured man lying unconscious in the forest. He rescues the stranger, who does not speak a word, offers him friendship and names him Thongchai. But when the fisherman suddenly disappears at sea, Thongchai slowly begins to take over his friend’s life- his house, his job and his ex-wife.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noAl_ON576A

Awards/Festivals
Toronto International Film Festival
Director : Mia Hansen-Løve / France, Germany/2018/Colour/107'/ French, English
Director and Screenplay Mia Hansen-Løve Producer Philippe Martin, David Thion DoP Hélène Louvart Editor Marion Monnier Music Raphael Hamburger Sound Design Vincent Vatoux Cast Suzan Anbeh, Roman Kolinka, Judith ChemlaGabriel, a French war reporter who was taken to hostage in Syria, being freed, first spends his days in Paris. Gabriel shows no interest in being stuck in the same place after his traumatic time in a warzone. Instead, he chooses to be on the move. He heads to his childhood home in Goa in order to both escape and find himself in the process. There, he meets Maya, the young daughter of Gabriel’s Godfather, who runs an eco-friendly hotel, becomes friends straightaway.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEMpFt_v-fM

Memories Of My Body / Kucumbu tubuh indahku

Awards/Festivals
Venice Film Festival
Director : Garin Nugroho / Indonesia/2018/Colour/105’/Indonesian, Javanese
Director and Screenplay Garin Nugruho Producer Michy Gustavia, Matthew Jordan DoP Gay Hian Teoh Editor Greg Araya Music Mondo Gascaro Cast Muhammad Khan,Raditya Evandra,Rianto,Sujiwo TejoIn Central Java Juno, a teenager abandoned by his father, joins a dance centre where men assume feminine appearances. His innocence is quickly shattered when the group’s tyrannical old guru offers a graphic explanation of the sexual roots at the heart of the art form, and then forces the boy to take a peek at his wife's genitalia, which he describes pompously as the "hole of life."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fM7N6UlBZM

Awards/Festivals
Tokyo International Film Festival
Director : Zaza Khalvashi /Georgia, Lithuania/2017/Colour/91’/Georgian
Director and Screenplay Zaza Khalvashi Producer Ieva Norviliene, Sulkhan Turmanidze DoP Giorgi Shvelidze Editor Levan Kukhashvili Cast Aleko Abashidze ,Ednar Bolkvadze, Ramaz Bolkvadze,Mariska DiasamidzeAli's family has inherited a mission to take care of a local healing water and curing sick fellow villagers with it. Three sons are skeptical and only the young daughter Namme stays as the guardian of family traditions. In parallel, a hydro power station is being constructed locally and environmental changes are at stakes. One day the spring water starts to disappear. Father remembers the old tradition: the water will not return unless sacrifice is made.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfzEv4QxHZQ

Non-Fiction / Doubles Vies

Awards/Festivals
Venice International Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival
Director : Olivier Assayas / France/2018/colour/108’/French
Director and Screenplay Olivier Assayas Producer Charles Gillibert, Sylvie Barthet, Oliver Pere DoP Yorick Le Saux Editor Simon Jacquet Cast Guilaume Canet, Juliette Binoche, Vincent Macaigne, Nora HamzawiA literary editor Alain refuses to publish Léonard's novel for the first time. Alain's company hires young woman Laure to adapt to the digital age. Alain sleeps with Laure. Alain's wife Selena is an actress. She has been having an affair with Léonard for years. Léonard's wife Valérie is a left-wing political consultant. She does not have much interest in her husband's circumstances.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCNswYMJPY8

One Step Behind the Seraphim

Awards/Festivals
Toronto International Film Festival
Director : Daniel Sandu / Romania, Germany, Bulgaria, France, Czech Republic/2018/Colour/144’/Romanian
Director and Screenplay Daniel Sandu Producer Loana Draghici, ada Solomon DoP George Dascalescu Editor Mircea Oiteanu Cast Stefan Iancu, Vlad Ivanov, Toto Dumitrescu, Cristian BotaA 14 year old boy, Gabriel, enters a theological seminary where he faces a system based on corruption. Also a father Vlad fosters an atmosphere of fear among the students. Together with two other boys he starts breaking all the rules, leading to a conflict with the seminary administration.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uc7TJNk3hU

Director : João Botelho / Portugal/2017/Colour/108'/ Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, Latin, Indonesian
Director João Botelho Screenplay João Botelho, Fernão Mendes Pinto(Novel) Producer Alexandre Oliveira DoP Luís Branquinho, João Ribeiro Editor João Braz Music Daniel Bernardes, Luís Bragança GilSound Design Francisco Veloso Cast Catarina Wallenstein, Jani Zhao, Maya BoothFernão Mendes Pinto comes from a region in the interior of Portugal to venture to the capital where his uncle left him as a servant to a noble. In his mid-twenties, Fernão ventures into the sea looking for his brothers. The movie goes back and forth in time, telling of Fernão’s adventures and misadventures in a span of twenty-one years and also delves into his battle to prove his stories once he got back to Portugal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlIOB7X88CY

Pity

Awards/Festivals
Rotterdam International FF, Hong Kong International FF, Sundance FF, Sao Paulo International FF
Director : Babis Makridis /Greece, Poland/2018/Colour/97’/Greek
Director Babis Makridis Screenplay Efthymis Filippou, Babis Makridis Producer Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Amanda Livanou, Beata Rzezniczek, Klaudia Smieja DoP Konstantinos Koukoulios Editor Yannis Chalkiadakis Cast Evdoxia Androulidaki, Georgina Chryskioti, Yannis Drakopoulos, Makis PapadimitriouThe story of a man who feels happy only when he is gloomy, a man addicted to sadness. Seeking sympathy, he is willing to do everything to evoke it from others.This is the story of a man in a world not cruel enough for him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj-skgdrZ5g

Awards/Festivals
Locarno Festival, London Film Festival, Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Stockholm Film Festival
Director : Richard Billingham / 108 min / UK
Locarno Festival, London Film Festival, Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Stockholm Film Festival,
In the outskirts of Birmingham among the marginalised society, the Billingham family performs extreme rituals and break social taboos as they muddle through a life decided by factors beyond their control. At times shocking and laced with an unsettling humour, three episodes unfold as a powerful evocation of experience of growing up in a Black Country council flat. It focuses Richard and his younger brother Jason and their parents Ray and Liz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9kSbxwIiUg

The film's events take place in 1970 and 1971, predominantly in Mexico City. Cleo is a maid in the household of Sofia, that comprises of her husband Antonio, their four young children, Sofia's mother, Teresa, and another maid, Adela. Among scenes of Cleo's life with the family – her cleaning, cooking, taking the kids to and from school, serving them meals, putting the kids to bed and waking them up – it becomes clear that Sofia and Antonio's marriage is strained. He finally leaves against Sofia's will. Sofia keeps his departure a secret from the kids, telling them he's on another long trip.

Crew

Writer and Director Alfonso Cuarón

Producers Alfonso Cuarón, Gabriela Rodriguez, Nicolas Celis

DoP Alfonso Cuarón

Edited by Alfonso Cuarón, Adam Gough

Cast

Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BS27ngZtxg&t=44s

Rona, Azim’s Mother / Rona, Madar-e Azim

Director : Jamshid Mahmoudi / 89 min / Afghanistan | Iran
Synopsis
Azim, an afghan refugee, who works at the municipality at night, lives in Tehran along with his family. Being the head of entire family and as the eldest brother, he arranges for his brother Faroogh, and his family along with their mother to be smuggled into Germany. But at the last moments Faroogh, shamefully makes his decision known to Azim that he's not going to take their mother who is very attached to her grandchildren.
Crew
Director Screenplay and Editor Jamshid Mahmoudi
Producer Navid Mahmoudi DoP Koohyar Kalari
Music Sahand Mehdizadeh
Sound Design Mehdi Saleh Kermani
Cast
Mohsen Tanabandeh,Mojtaba Pirzadeh, Mojtaba Pirzadeh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW7ptD1gB8Q

Screwdriver / Mafak

Awards/Festivals
Venice FF, Bosphourous FF
Director : Bassam Jarbawi / 108 min / Palestine, USA, Qatar
Synopsis
After fifteen years in prison, Ziad, considered by all as a hero, is strenuously trying to adapt to modern Palestinian life. He is unable to distinguish reality from hallucination and forces himself to go back to where it all began.
Crew
Director and Screenplay Bassam Jarbawi
Producer Bassam Jarbawi,Yasmine Qaddumi,Shrihari Sathe
DoP David McFarland
Editor Bassam Jarbawi,Christopher Radcliff
Music Jon Natchez
Cast
Ziad Bakri, Areen Omari,Jameel Khoury
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWA9HA8Yk0g

Sew the Winter to My Skin

Awards/Festivals
Toronto International Film Festival
Director : Jahmil X.T. Qubeka / 118 min / South Africa | Germany
Synopsis
In the Great Karoo region of South Africa, a bandit, John Kepe, steals livestock and resources from white farmers in order to empower his oppressed communities in rural areas. General Botha, a World War II veteran goes on an epic manhunt to capture Kepe through the mountains. Evading all the attempts made to capture him over a decade, John Kepe emerges both as an enigma to his pursuers and a mythological symbol of resistance.
Crew
Director and Screenplay Jamil X.T. Qubeka
Producer Layla Swart
DoP Jonathan Kovel Editor Layla Swart
Sound Design Barry Donnelly
Cast
Ezra Mabengeza, Kandyse McClure, Peter Kurth, Antoniette Louw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrLepWsV1EQ

Shoplifters / Manbiki kazoku

Awards/Festivals
Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival
Director : Hirokazu Koreeda / 121 min / Japan
Synopsis
Osamu, a middle-aged man and his son, Shota, shoplifts in a grocery store, a routine they are well accustomed to. They do it to survive, but there also seems to be a connection between the two of them in the process of their act. One cold night, on their way home, they find a 4-year-old girl in the balcony, being abandoned by her family. They take the girl home and informally adopt her.
Crew
Director and Screenplay Hirokazu Koreeda
Producer Kaoru Matsuzaki, Hijiri Taguchi, Akihiko Yose DoP Ryûto Kondô
Editor Hirokazu Koreeda
Music Haruomi Hosono
Sound Design Kazuhiko Tomita
Cast
Kirin Kiki, Lily Franky, Moemi Katayama
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9382rwoMiRc

Sophia Antipolis

Awards/Festivals
Golden Leopard Locarno International Film Festival,
San Sebastian International Film Festival
Director Virgil Vernier / France/2018/colour/98’/French
Synopsis
Sophia Antipolis: a technopole on the French Riviera, a place where dreams should come true. But fear and despair lurk beneath the surface. Under a deceitful sun, five lives map out the haunting story of a young woman: Sophia. Through the investigation of the murder of a minor, the film traces a new anthropological map examining how evil is nurtured in the Sophia Antipolis technology park.
Crew
Director Virgil Vernier
Producer Jean-Christophe Reymond
DoP Tom Harari Simon Roca
Editor Charlotte Cherici
Sound Design Simon Apostolou
Music James Ferraro
Cast
Dewy Kunetz, Sandra Poitoux, Hugues Njiba-Mukuna, Bruck, Lilith Grasmug
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmoCiodReh0

Sorry Angel / Plaire, aimer et courir vite

Awards/Festivals
Cannes Film Festival
Chicago International Film Festival
Director : Christophe Honoré / 132 min / France
Synopsis
Jacques is a writer living in Paris. He hasn’t turned 40 but believes that the best in life is yet to come. Arthur is a student living in Brittany. He reads and smiles a lot and refuses to think that everything in life might not be possible. Jacques and Arthur gets close like a lovely dream and a sad story.
Crew
Director and Screenplay Christophe Honore
Producer Philippe Martin, David Thion DoP Remy Chevrin
Editor Chantal Hymans
Cast
Vincent Lacoste, Pierre Deladonchamps, Denis Padalydes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRF290gedLs

Suleiman Mountain / Sulayman too

Awards/Festivals
Toronto IFF, Roberto Rosselini prize Pingayo Tiger Hidden Dragon IFF, NETPAC and Fipresci awards Eurasian Film Festival Astana
Director : Elizaveta Stishova / 101 min / Russia | Kyrgyzstan
Synopsis
Karabas is a difficult man: a hard-gambling, hard-drinking, childish guy who always prioritise himself first in his family. When his first wife, Zhipara, calls to tell him she has found their long-lost son, Uluk, Karabas rushes to her, much to the dismay of his much younger, pregnant second wife Turganbyubyu. Soon the new family dynamics are stretched past their limits, and Karabas is caught between the two women bearing his sons: one re-born and one yet to come.
Crew
Director Elizaveta Satishova
Screenplay Alisa Khmelnitskaya
Producer Elena Yatsura DoP Tudor Vladimir Panduru
Editor Karolina Maciejewska
Cast
Daniel Daiyerbekov, Perizat Ermanbetova, Asset Imangaliev, Turgunay Erkinbekova
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IKq6J606m4

Awards/Festivals
Venice International FF
Toronto International FF, London FF
Director : László Nemes / 142 min / Hungary | France /
Synopsis
1913, Budapest, in the heart of Europe. The young Irisz Leiter arrives in the Hungarian capital with high hopes to work as a milliner at the legendary hat store that belonged to her late parents. She is nonetheless sent away by the new owner, Oszkár Brill. While preparations are under way at the Leiter hat store, to host guests of uttermost importance, a man abruptly comes to Irisz, looking for a certain Kálmán Leiter. Refusing to leave the city, the young woman follows Kálmán's tracks, her only link to a lost past.
Crew
Director Laszalo Nemes
Screenplay Laszalo Nemes, Clara Royer, Matthieu Taponier
Producer: Gábor Sipos, Gábor Rajna, Barnabás Hutlassa
DoP Matyas Erdely Editor Matthieu Taponier
Music Laszlo Melis
Cast
Juli Jakab, Vlad Ivanov, Marcin Czarnik, Evelin Dobos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKAZINs-xas

Awards/Festivals
Golden Anchor Award Venice Film Festival
Director : Mahmut Fazil Coskun / 94 min / Turkey | Bulgaria
Synopsis
The night long journey of the four soldiers discharged from the army. They were in charge of the Istanbul phase of a coup that took place in May 1963 in Ankara. As the four soldiers believe that a strong announcement is a vital part of a successful coup and to attract the people, they plan to read a version of the original coup announcement that will be read in Ankara. However, there is one thing that they do not take into account: the invisible power of the civilian life.
Crew
Director Mahmut Fazil Coskun
Screenplay Mahmut Fazil Coskun, Ercan Kesal
Producer Halil Kardas DoP Krum Rodriguez
Editor Cicek Kahraman
Cast
Ali Seckiner Alici, Tarhan Karagoz , Murat Kilic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hPWgdcA0bU

The Apparition / L'apparition

Director : Xavier Giannoli / 144 min / France | Belgium | Jordan
Synopsis
Jacques, a journalist in a French regional newspaper, is recruited to lead a committee to explore the legitimacy of an apparition in a small French village. Upon his arrival, he meets Anna who claims to have personally witnessed an apparition of Virgin Mary. He then works to uncover the mystery.
Crew
Director Xavier Giannoli
Screenplay Xavier Giannoli, Jacques Fieschi, Marcia Romano Producer Olivier Delbosc
DoP Eric Gautier
Editor Cyril Nakache
Cast
Vincent Lindon, Galatéa Bellugi, Patrick d’Assumçao
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFPhg-XG0u8

The ballad of buster scruggs

Ethan Coen, Joel Coen/ USA/ 2018/ Colour/133 min/ English

Awards/Festivals

Best Screenplay, Venice International Film Festival

Synopsis

An anthology film comprised of six stories, each dealing with a different aspect of life in the Old West.

Awards/Festivals
Toronto International FF
Lion of the future award Venice International FF
London FF
Director : Soudade Kaadan / 94 min / Syria | France | Lebanon | Qatar
Synopsis
It is winter in Damascus (Syria). Sana is leaving alone with her son (8 years old), her husband is working in Saudi Arabia. There is no acıbadem araç kiralama more gas to cook neither to warm the house. Sana takes a day off to find a gas cylinder. From then begins a trip in the surroundings of Damas where she is going to be brutally confronted to the war effects.
Crew
Director and Screenplay Soudade kaadan
Producer Amira Kaadan
DoP Eric Devin
Editor Pierre Deschamps, Soudade Kaadan
Music Kinan Azmeh
Cast
Sawsan Arshid, Reham Al Kassar, Samer Ismael, Oweiss Moukhallalti
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iti6SQC_GT0

The Gentle Indifference of the World / Laskovoe bezrazlichie mira

Awards/Festivals
Cannes Film Festival, Montreal Festival of New Cinema
Director : Adilkhan Yerzhanov / 100 min / Kazakhstan | France
Synopsis
After her father's untimely death, Saltanat is forced to trade her idyllic countryside life for the cruel city. She has to find money to pay off the large family debt that her father left behind, in order to save her mother from jail. Her childhood friend Kuandyk who is penniless but admires her, follows Saltanat just to make sure his sweetheart is safe. Saltanat's uncle introduces her to a possible groom, who promises to pay off her family's debts. But Saltanat's hopes are dashed, when she discovers that the men in this city don't keep their word.
Crew
Director Adilkhan Yerzhanov
Producer Serik Abishev Olga Khlasheva
Screenplay Roelof Jan Minneboo and Adilkhan Yerzhanov
DoP Aydar Sharipov
Editor Yedige Nessipbekov
Music Nurassyl Nuridin
Cast
Sultan Abzalov, Tulemis Alishev, Dinara Baktybaeva
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymFSv0N2Oe4

The Heiresses / Las herederas

Awards/Festivals
Berlin international film festival, Sydney International Film Festival, Mumbai Film Festival
Director : Marcelo Martinessi / 98 min / Paraguay | Germany | Uruguay | Brazil | Norway | France
Synopsis
Chela and Chiquita, both descended from wealthy families in Asunción, Paraguay, have been together for over 30 years. But recently their financial situation has worsened and they begin selling off their inherited possessions. But when their debts lead to Chiquita being imprisoned on fraud charges, Chela is forced to face a new reality. Driving for the first time in years, she begins to provide a local taxi service to a group of elderly wealthy ladies.
Crew
Director and Screenplay Marcelo Martinessi
Producer Marcelo Martinessi, Sebastián Peña Escobar
DoP Luis Amando Arteaga
Editor Fernando Epstein
Cast
Ana Brun, Margarita Irun, Anna Ivanova
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdVyVnNp0og

Awards/Festivals
Cannes Film Festival, Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Stockholm Film, Sarajevo Film Festival
Director : Ognien Glavonić, debut / 98 min / Serbia | France | Croatia | Iran | Qatar
Synopsis
Vlada works as a truck driver during the NATO bombing of Serbia in 1999. Tasked with transporting a mysterious load from Kosovo to Belgrade, he drives through unfamiliar territory, trying to make his way in a country scarred by the war. He knows that once the job is over, he will need to return home and face the consequences of his actions.
Crew
Director and Screenplay Ognjen Glavonic
Producer Sophie Erbs, Ognjen Glavonic, Stefan Ivancic, Dragana Jovovic
DoP Tatjana Krstevski
Editor Jelena Maksimovic
Cast
Leon Lucev, Pavle Cemerikic, Tamara Krcunovic, Ivan Lucev
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM9gXCoZU-E

The Man who bought the moon / L'uomo Che Comprò La Luna

Director : Paolo Zucca / 105 min / Italy, Albania, Argentina
Synopsis
An unbeliaveble news spreads around all intelligence agencies in the world – A man living in Serdinia is the real owner of the moon. All governments in the world began to claim their rights on the moon. They decide to despatch a Sardinia born secret agent into the island. He is getting private lessons to learn what it is to be a Serdinian.
Crew
Director Paolo Zucca
Screenplay Paolo Zucca, Barabara Alberti, Geppi Cucciari
Producers Amendo Pagani, Nicola Giuliano, Daniel Burman, Genc Permeti
DoP Ramiro Civita
Editor Sarah Mc Teigue
Music Andrea Guerra
Cast
Jacopo Cullin, Stefano Fresi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d9tXJe_3Vw

The Manslayer. The Virgin. The Shadow / Mehetapja/Süütu/Vari

Director : Sulev Keedus / 141 min / Estonia | Lithuania
Synopsis
The film consists of three chapters. The Manslayer takes place more than a hundred years ago. The leading character Maara is a young bride who is about to start her life in her new family. The Virgin, set in the spring of 1949, tells the story of a young woman called Elina, who has been deported from Ingria into Estonia during the previous war. The Shadow moves in the present, along the border of real life and fantasy. The main character, Luna Lee, has decided to flee from home.
Crew
Director Sulev Keedus
Screenplay Sulev Keedus, Madis Koiv
Producer Kaie-Ene Rääk
DoP Eric Pollumaa, Ivar Taim
Editor Kaie-Ene Raak Music Martynas Bialobzeskis
Cast
Rea Lest, Evald Aavik, Andrus Albrecht
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MenRHOShysQ

The Reports on Sarah and Saleem

Awards/ Festivals
Rotterdam IFF, Titanic Budapest FF
Director : Muayad Alayan / 127 min / Palestine
Synopsis
Sarah, an Israeli from West Jerusalem, embark on an illicit affair with Saleem, a Palestinian from East Jerusalem. Their affair can tear apart their unsuspecting families. When a risky late night tryst goes awry and threatens to expose them, the two of them look on helplessly as their frantic efforts to salvage themselves further escalate things. The film depicts how life n the holy city dictates a dangerous response to a common social drama that can happen anywhere in the world.
Crew
Director Muayad Alayan
Screenplay Rami Alayan
Producer Muayad Alayan, Rami Alayan
DoP Sebastian Bock
Editor Sameer Qumsiyeh
Music Frank Gelat, Charlie Rishmawi, Tarek Abu Salameh S
ound Design Giannis Giannakopoulos
Cast
Maisa Abd Elhadi, Mohammed Eid, Kamel El Basha
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r913j8rbkT8

The River / Ozen

Awards/Festivals
Venice International Film Festival, Toronto International Film festival, Karlovy Vary Film Festival
Director : Emir Baigazin / 108 min / Kazakhstan | Poland | Norway /
Synopsis
Aslan, the eldest son of a farmer in Kazakh village is entrusted to look after his four brothers and assigns tasks for them in their farm chores. He takes them to a nearby river for a swim for moments of deep respite and happiness. Their lives take an unexpected turn when Kanat, an estranged cousin, unexpectedly arrives at the village and the mundane life of the family begins to fall apart for good.
Crew
Director, Screenplay, producer, DoP and Editor Emir Baigazin
Music Justyna Banaszczyk
Sound Design Filip Krzemien
Cast
Zhalgas Klanov, Zhasulan Userbayev, Ruslan Userbayev, Eric Tazabekov
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy1bOtewFPk

The Sisters Brothers

Awards/Festivals
Silver lion for Best Director Venice International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival
Director : Jacques Audiard / 121 min / France, Belgium, Romania, Spain
Synopsis
The story follows Eli and Charlie Sisters, two hitmen brothers hired by a wealthy man known only as the Commodore, who assigns them to kill a man named Hermann Warm. The Commodore claims that Warm stole from him and left town. Eli comments that he finds it hard to believe that someone could steal from a dangerous man like the Commodore, but Charlie defends their employer. Warm is being tracked by John Morris, a scout also employed by Commodore. Morris finds Warm traveling by wagon train south to California with the Gold Rush and befriends him.
Crew
Director Jacques Audiard
Screenplay Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain
Producer Pascal Caucheteux, Gregoire Sorlat, Michel Merkt, Michael De Luca, Allion Dickey, John C. Reilly DoP Benoit Debie
Editor Juliette Welfling
Music Alexandre Desplat
Cast
John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riz Ahmed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaCGqfn_qzs

The Third Wife

Awards/Festivals
Toronto International Film Festival
Director : Ash Mayfair / 96 min / Vietnam
Synopsis
In the 19th century Vietnam, a fourteen year old May gets married as the third wife of a wealthy landowner, Hung. As per primary aim in the wealthy setting is to bear a son, her mind wanders in search of a real goal in life but realizes that her options are minimal.
Crew
Director and Screenplay Ash Mayfair
Producer Ash Mayfair, Thi Bich Ngoc Tran
DoP Chananun Chotrungroj
Editor Julie Béziau
Music An Ton That
Sound Design Edouard Morin, Romen Dymny
Cast
Long Le Vu, Mai Thu Huong Maya, Nguyen Phuong Tra My, Lam Thanh My
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTh4uTFWPeg

Awards/Festivals
Best Director Locarno IFF, Toronto IFF, Chicago IFF, Hamburg FF, London FF
Director : Dominga Sotomayor Castillo / 110 min / Chile | Brazil | Argentina | Netherlands | Qatar
Synopsis
The year 1990 was when Chile transitioned to democracy, but all of that seems a world away for 16-year-old Sofia, who lives far off the grid in a mountain. The film takes place during the hot days between Christmas and New Year’s Day and interlaces the troubling realities of the adult world and the elemental forces of nature which intrudes Sofia’s teenage life.
Crew
Director and Screenplay Dominga Sotomayor Castillo
Producer Rodrigo Teixeira, Dominga Sotomayor Castillo
DOP Inti Briones
Editor Catalina Marín Duarte
Cast
Demian Hernández, Antar Machado, Magdalena Tótoro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeKTP516Iuc

Awards/Festivals
Cannes Film Festival, Montreal Festival of New Cinema
Director : Benedikt Erlingsson / 101 min / Iceland | France | Ukraine
Synopsis
Halla, a choir conductor, wants to disrupt the operations of a Rio Tinto aluminium plant in the highlands of Iceland. She repeatedly damages pylons and wires to cut their power supply. One day, a long-forgotten application to adopt an orphan child from Ukraine is approved. At the same time, the government ramps up police and propaganda efforts in order to catch and discredit her.
Crew
Director Benedict Erlingsson
Screnplay Benedict Erlingsson and Ólafur Egilsson
Producer Benedikt Erlingsson, Marianne Slot
DoP Bergsteinn Björgúlfsson
Editor David Alexander Corno
Music Davíð Þór Jónsson
Cast
Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Jóhann Sigurðarson, Juan Camillo Roman Estrada
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFxz4oNfBV0

Working Woman / Isha Ovedet

Awards/Festivals
Toronto International Film Festival
Director : Michal Aviad / 93 min / Israel
Synopsis
Orna makes a significant career change as an assistant to a major Israeli developer Benny. There she has to face inappropriate sexual advancements from Benny for giving her a promotion. However, she has to stick with the job as she is the sole breadwinner of her family and a long struggle follows.
Crew
Director Michal Aviad
Screenplay Michal aviad, Sharon Azulay Eyal, Michal Vinik
Producer Leon Edery, Moshe Nili Feller
Sound Design Aviv Aldems
Cast
Liron Ben-Shlush, Menashe Noy, Oshri Cohen, sarah Markowitz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMzldI-aCtM

Yomeddine

Awards/Festivals
Cannes Film Festival
Director : A.B. Shawky / 97 min / Egypt | USA | Austria
Synopsis
Bashay is a man who has recovered from leprosy but is left with extensive scarring. He earns by scavenging for sellable items from the local garbage dump. With the company of an orphan boy, he sets off to find his family, to reconnect with them, and perhaps to confront them about the way his father abandoned him.
Crew
Director and Screenplay A.B. Shawky
Producer Dina Emam
DoP Federico Cesca
Editor Erin Greenwell
Music Omar Fadel
Sound Design Dario Forzato
Cast
Rady Gamal, Ahmed Abdelhafiz, Shahira Fahmy, Osama Abdallah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jO6pmjHs3U